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Family Matinee

When Marnie Was There

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Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Japan, 2014, DCP, 103 mins., in English

This feature from Japan’s famed Studio Ghibli is a sweeping story of
friendship, mystery and discovery that delivers stirring emotions and
breathtaking animation as only Ghibli can.

Sent from her foster home in the city one summer to a sleepy town by the sea in Hokkaido, Anna dreams her days away among the marshes. She believes she's outside the invisible magic circle to which most people belong - and shuts herself off from everyone around her, wearing her "ordinary face". Anna never expected to meet a friend like Marnie, who does not judge Anna for being just what she is. But no sooner has Anna learned the loveliness of friendship than she begins to wonder about her newfound friend... Based on the novel by Joan G. Robinson, When Marnie Was There is the newest film from Studio Ghibli, and the second feature film by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, the director of The Secret World of Arrietty. - GKids